Is Dzeko the answer for impotent Inter?

Walter Mazzarri has cut an increasingly morose figure in the Inter dugout this season and the cause of his malaise has principally been a misfiring attack.

Inter owner Erick Thohir watched in strained silence as Inter drew another blank at home to Udinese.

Mazzarri was more animated, pacing up and down and even gnawing on a water bottle in the dying stages.

The Nerazzurri were denied by magnificent young goalkeeper Simone Scuffet and by the referee refusing to give a penalty for handball by Thomas Heurtaux, extending Inter's improbable penalty-less run to 32 games.

The statistics tell the story - Inter have scored just six goals in their last eight home games and have found the net a miserly five times in 2014.

Mazzarri has publicly admitted that Inter lack a world-class marksman and the absence has been keenly felt, especially with Diego Milito short of fitness.

According to Sportmediaset, Mazzarri has asked Thohir to deliver the signature of Edin Dzeko from Manchester City.

The Bosnian would seem to be the ideal man for Inter - a born goalscorer who knows how to find the net even when his side aren't on top form.

Paul Watson

Paul Watson wrote for Football Italia for four years before fleeing to the tiny Micronesian island of Pohnpei to coach the world's lowest ranked national football team. On his return he released a book called 'Up Pohnpei' in February 2012. A documentary called The Soccermen follows in early 2014 and a feature film of the book is in production. Paul is currently head coach at a new Mongolian Premier League club and is charged with the mission of creating the strongest team in Mongolian football history.